Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-12-03
THE GREAT NORTHWEST
News Items from Various States
and Territories.
LLINOIIls.

N0W6 xE91a9 rom " 6I1Ou9 states
and Territories.
ILLINOIS.
The village Of Findlay, Shelby County.
was almost entirely consumed BY fire re-
Gently
In the northwestern part Of Fayette
County milk -sickness is prevailing to an
alarming extent In London township q
number OF cattle have died and others are
sick with the disease. Some families 1t is
said, are also affected with the malady.
human brute, named August Hatzka.
residing on Lincoln street, Chicago, the
other day killed his little step-son by liter
ally fogging him to death with leather
strap. The fellow is under arrest,
William Kieeman shot and killed Pat
O.Brien, q plumber, few days ago while
the latter was attempting to forcibly enter
the formers saloon on Blue Island avenue.
Chicago.
M. and Mrs Shelton Smith celebrated the
flfdeth anniversary of their wedding at
Lexington Mclean County, the other day.
The forest fires In the Hillsboro Mont
gomery County, district have destroyed
myriads Of chinch-buga
A fire of Mound City. Pulaski County, de-
stroyed thirt five buildings, including two
hotels, the mayors residence. the Patriot
office and three dry-good stores The loss
is estimated at 500, 900.
George ne Kay, merchant of Godfrey.
Madison County, has been arraigned in the
United States District Court at Springfield
for distributing obscene literature He was
bound over in the sum Of So, 900 for his APP
pearance at the January term of court
Tf1o A<yv, oS,,
in the State was struck by the Iitchfield
Natural Gas 4 OIL Company recently. The
pressure was nearly five hundred pounds to
the square inch andso powerful thatit could
not be controlled by the methods hereto
fore used in the wells
Mrs. Henry Blomdale, the wife of
farmer near Dennison, and negro named
Davidson, who was working on the farm.
disappeared few days ago The woman
Is well connected Her strange action
could not be accounted for. She left three
small children
A crazy Chinaman named Lee shung IA
tally stabbed John Hocketbridge, of Bunker
Hill, recsnplv, on train near Grand juno
ton, Col, and was in turn shot and killed
by a brakeman.
The site for the military post at High
wood, which consists of 632 acres has been
formally accepted by the War Department.
Fire kindled by mice among matches
spilled upon the kitchen mantel DESTROYED
the house of Tom Murray near Champaign.
the other night Loss, $3, 600; no insur-
ance
Late the other night John Erickson, a
Rockford painter, crept up beside William
johnson, who was in his barn, and struck
him two heavy blows on the head with
plane and then robbed him of 5000
IOWA.
Fourteen dwellings in the village of La
conf, Warren County, were recently de-
stroyed by fire.
A corn-husking contest took place at
Mitchellville, Polk County, day or two
ago. The winner husked 1O3 bushels and
1Opounds OF corn in ten hours
Henry Van Devon, his daughter Tinna
and Ida Kamerick, the hired girl, were re-
Gently indicted by the Marion County grand
jury on the charge of having caused the
death OF Mrs Van Devon at Pella last Au-
gust by poisoning.
The Government canal at Keokuk was
opened for the season March and closed
few days ago. The statement Of traffic
through the canal during that time, as pre-
pared by Major Meiggs, engineer in charge
shows that there were 2, 4O4 lockages made
to allow the passage of 9S7 boats, 293
barges and RATS, 4,219 tons of merchan-
disc, 1885, bushels of grain, 2Ol,-
464,9S7 feet lumber, 45,266, 600
feet logs, 126,344,27 shingles and
65,37O, 14S lath. These figures represent
the freight traffic of the season All classes
show an increase over last year.
David Donnan, postmaster at Independ
ence, Buchanan County has resigned to ac-
cept q position in one of the National banks
ut that place.
There is talk of erecslng packing house
at Missouri Valley, Harrison County.
The trustees of the Iowa Agricultural
College want an appropriation for ladies'
hail.
Considerable interest has been aroused in
the discovery near Percy, in Marion County,
of what seems to be the petrified remains of
some huge monster. tits between fifty and
sixty feet III length, with head about four
feet long and about two and half wide,
with four monster eyes. The ball of one
eye is gone, leaving socket about eight
inches in diameter. The other three eyes
are closed and look like the closed eyes of a
frog The remains are well-preserved, but
the family of the extinct monster seems to
be unknown.
There are 1897 miles of railroad in the
State
The burning Of the Windsor packing
house at Des Moines the other night caused
a loss of $3.50, 600, with $195, 900 insur-
ance. The owner will rebuild in the spring
Preston Rush (colored) was stabbed and
killed in Keokuk the other day by John
Williams also colored. They had quarreled
over nickel which Rush claimed Williams
owed him. The murderer gave himself up
WISCONSIN.
John Lynch, a Fond du Lac brakeman,
was killed while coupling cars at Brillion,
Calumet County, the other night.
Mrs Mary Richards, aged thirty five years,
and living ut Tiiden, thirty miles north of
Eau Claire, shot herself through the heart
recently while laboring under a fit of in
sanity The weapon was 32-caliber re-
volyer, and caused death instantly, The
unfortunate woman leaves husband and
four children She made an unsuccessful
effort not long ago in an attempt to suicide
by drowning.
John Il Burton has filed mortgage for
$3.50, 900 in Ashland, Ashland County, in
favor of the Central Trust Company of
New York, on mining, real-estate and other
property. The money, it is said, will be
used to help the Burton mines out Of fnan-
cial difficulties
Lee Kordinat, a drug clerk in the employ
Of ]. O. Walker & Co., at Ashland, committed
suicide recently with morphine.
Daniel Tasker has been resident of Be
lott since 1887, and is the oldest citizen in
Rock County. In 1888 Tasker left his home
in Vermont and came to Chicago. at that
time q town Of only three hundred inhabit-
ants From Chicago he went to Naneryille